Kit carrier



Sept. 39, 1924.

5. vD. MYERS KIT CARRIER F'iledgepmla. 194,21

Patented Sept. 3U, 1924i.

EDWARD D. MYERS, 0F SHELBY, MICHGAN.

KIT CARRIER.

Application filed September 19, 1921. Serial No. 5Ul,638.

To all whom t may con-cern.'

Be it known that l, EDWARD D. MYERS, a citizen of the `United States, and a resident of the city of Shelby, in the county of @ceana and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in a Kit Carrier; and I do hereby declare that the following is a ifull, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the nuinerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part otthis speciiication.

This invention relates more particularly to an improved type of a liit carrier or casing having drawers therein for carrying automobile parts and further being provided with exterior removable curtains or aprons adapted to carry a set of tools.

It is an object oit this invention to provide a portable automobile tool and part holder adapted to be used as a seat if desired while repair work is being done.

It is a further object oif the invention to provide a tool kit carrier wherein a itlexible -tool carrying apron is adapted to be removably eiigaged on the exterior of the device tor use and further adapted to be rolled up and placed within a carrier drawer and locked therein.

Another object ot the invention is the construction of a kit carrier having drawers or trays and exterior flaps for carrying extra automobile parts and `tools respectively in a convenient manner, said kit carrier having a handle to permitcarrying of the holder from place to place. i

lt is an important object of this invention to provide a tool and part carrier of simple and effective construction, and embracing`- a divided casing having slidable trays or drawers in the interior thereof, and provided on the exterior with a flexible apron or covering for carrying tools, said apron adapted to be removed and rolled up to `[it within the casing.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the drawings and specification.

' The invention (in a preferred forni) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

@n the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation oit a kit carrier embodying the principles oi this `invention and showing the tool apron removably secured in place on the exterior of the hit carrier casing.

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken on line'Q-Q of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure il is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line Ll--l of Figure 3, showing the locking bar in locked position.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail section taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

les shown on the drawings:

ylhe hit carrier coniprisesa housing or casing embracing a base 1, a top 2 narrower than the base, and inclined side walls 3 connecting the base and said top. .t-i partition wall e is secured within the upper portion oi" the casing to divide the saine into an upper chamber 5 anda lower chamber G. Slidably engaged in the upper casing chamber 5 partition il when the tray is in nornial position within the casing.

Rigidly secured within the lower portion of the-casing is a wall or support l2 upon which a. lower drawer or tray 13 is adapted to slide. rlhe base plate nl of the lower drawer 13 is wider than the drawer and rests on the support illustrated in Figure 2. rlhe lower drawer base plate lll is provided near one side with an aperture or opening The lower drawer 13 is providedwith a removable cover 16. Each end plate oli the drawer 13 is provided with a handle or knob 17. The end plates ot the drawers 7 and 18 are adapted to close up the ends of the casing when the drawers are in normal position.

For the purpose oit locliing the drawers 7 and 13 within the casing a locking bar 1S is slidably mounted within the casing adjacent the inner surface of one of the casingside walls The upper end oi the loci*- ing bar 18 projects upwardly through the partition opening 11 and through a slot or opening in the casing top member 2. Rigid- -l secured or integrally formed on the locl` ing bar 18 is an upper locking hooi; or latch lll) 19 and a lower locking hook or latch 20 which are respectively disposed below'the partition a and the support 12. The upper portion of the latch bar 18 is provided with an aperture or opening to permit the bail 21 of a pad locl; 22 to bc engaged therethrough when the latch bar has been elevated into locking position as illustrated in Figure fl. 'lhe upper and lower drawers are thus locked within the casing with the upper latch 19 engaged through the registering openings and l1, while the lower latch 2O engages through an opening in the support 12 and through the opening 'l5 of the lower drawer base plate 14.

To permit the kit carrier to be conveniently carried, a strap handle 23 is provided. One end of the strap handle 23 is rigidly secured to one end of the upper casing momber 2. The other end of the strap handle is provided with a button 24C adapted to be removably engaged on a snap fastener 25 secured on one end of the upper casing niember 2.

ln Figure 2 the dotted circle 26 represents a rolled up flexible tool holder disposed within the lower casing compartments 6 and resting on the lower drawer cover 1G. lf desired the tool holder may be deposited within the lower drawer 13 instead of on the cover thereof. The tool holder is made of flexible material such as canvas or other suitable fabric and comprises a middle or top portion 26 adapted to fit on the top of the up per casing member 2. The ends of the holder top portion 26 are provided with buttons 2? adapted to be removably snapped upon snap fasteners 28 secured on the top of the upper casing member 2. integrally formed or rigidly secured to the longitudinal margins of the holder strip or top portion 26 are two flexible fabric aprons or flaps 29, the outer corners of which are equipped with snap buttons 30 adapted to be removably engaged on snap fasteners mounted on the lower corners of the casing inclined side walls 8. llfhen the tool holder is unrolled and mounted on the casing, the flexible aprons are held in place flat against the outer surfaces of the casing side walls 3 by the snap fasteners 80. Sewed or otherwise secured to each of the aprons 29 is an upper piece of fabric and a lower piece of fabric. The upper and lower pieces of fabric are ,s wed to afford a plurality of upper and ,.nwer tool pockets 31 and 32 respectively for carrying tools 33. lilith the flexible aprons lying flat against the inclined side walls 3 of the kit carrie casing the tools in thev various pockets 31 and 32 are permitted to flat against the aprons. Due to the tapered shape of the kit carrier casing, the. tools on both sides of the kit carrier can be seen from above when the flexible tool holder unrolled and stretched or fastened over the top and sides of the casing in position for use. v

l/Vhen the tool holder is mounted in place the detachable end of the handle 23 is, of course, first unfastened. The device may be used as a seat if desired when repair work is being done. The flexible tool holder may be readily removed fromthe casing and rolled up in compact form and placed within the casing as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2.

lilith the drawers and the tool holder positioned within the casing, the drawers may be readily locked against removal by simply pulling the locking bar 18 upwardly and engaging the padlock bail 21 through the opening in the upper end of the locking bar. The padlock 22 may then bey locked with the upper and lower latch hooks 19 and 2O engaged in the respective drawer openings 10 and 15 to prevent sliding of the drawers.

The padlock may be released by means of a key in the vordinary manner when access to the interior of the vkit carrier is desired by an authorized person.

l am aware that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and ltherefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

l claim as my invention:

1. A kit carrier, comprising a casing, a removable flexible covering for the top and sides of said casing, means for removably attaching said covering to said casing with its sides constituting aprons to .cover the casing sides, and tool holders on said aprons, said covering operating when in'position to vafford ready access to all the tools, and being adapted to be folded for storage within said casing.

2. In a device of the class described, a cas ing, drawers therein, a removable lexible covering for the top and sides of said casing, means for removably attaching the middle portion of said covering to the top of said casing with the sides affording aprons to cover the casing sides, tool holders on said aprons, and a handle attached to said casing to permit the device to be carried.

3. A portable kit carrier comprising a casing, a handle thereon, drawers slidaloly engaged in said casing, a flexible tool holder adapted normally to be carried in rolled up form in said casing and further adapted tok be unrolled and secured over the exterior of the casing for use, and means forsimultaneously locking said drawings within the casing.

Zl. A portable tool kit carrier comprising a case having inclined side walls, a handle for the casing having one end rigidly secured to the casing and the other end detachably vconnected therewith, and afiexible tool carrying covering adapted to be rolled up llO in compact form to lit Within the casing when not in use and further adapted to be unrolled and secured over the casing` in position to perrnit convenient access to the tools carried thereby.

5. A portable tool kit carrier comprising a casing having inclined sides, drawers slidable in said casing having,` openings in the bottoni thereof, a locking` bar slidably engaged in said casing, latch hooks formed thereon, said locking bar adapted to be elevated to bring the latch hooks into engagement with the drawer openings to hold the drawers locked against removal from the casing, and a lock engaged with the locking bar to hold the same locked in an elevated locking position.

6. A kit carrier comprising a portable casing, a handle thereon for carrying the casing, snap fasteners on the exterior of the casing, a flexible covering adapted to be removably engaged over the top and sides of the casing, buttons thereon adapted to removably engage said snap fasteners to hold the flexible covering stretched in place, and pockets secured on said covering for Jarrying tools.

In testimony whereof I have` hereunto subscribed my naine in the presence of two subscribinr Witnesses.

EDVARD D. MYERS. Witnesses z L. L. GILBERT, LETTIE B. BENNETT. 

